Encounters between European explorers and populations in the rest of the world often introduced local epidemics of extraordinary virulence.

Smith also appeared in a number of films, often as himself ; The Candidate ( 1972 ),, The President's Plane Is Missing ( 1973, a made-for-television production of the Robert J. Serling novel of the same name ), Nashville ( 1975 ), Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977 ), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ( 1982 ), the " The Odd Candidate " ( 1974 ) episode of the television series The Odd Couple ( playing himself ), the " Kill Oscar " episode ( 1977 ) of The Bionic Woman ( playing himself anchoring an ABC newscast ), and both V ( 1983 ) and the subsequent 1984 television series.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( often referred to as Close Encounters or CE3K ) is a 1977 science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg.

: The Fiery Angel ; or, a True Story in which is related of the Devil, not once but often appearing in the Image of a Spirit of Light to a Maiden and seducing her to Various and Many Sinful Deeds, of Ungodly Practices of Magic, Alchymy, Astrology, the Cabalistical Sciences and Necromancy, of the Trial of the Said Maiden under the Presidency of His Eminence the Archbishop of Trier, as well as of Encounters and Discourses with the Knight and thrice Doctor Agrippa of Nettesheim, and with Doctor Faustus, composed by an Eyewitness.

Close Encounters also studies the form of " youth spiritual yearning ".

It has also appeared in many video games and other media, including, but not limited to, the PlayStation 2 titles Federation vs. Zeon, Encounters in Space and Climax U. C., the Gundam Battle Assault series of fighting games, Super Robot Wars, the motion simulator attraction Gundam the Ride: A Baoa Qu, and in its Perfect form, the PSP titles Gundam Battle Royale and Gundam Battle Chronicle.

Encounters with dogs are another threat.

* Vine of the Soul: Encounters with Ayahuasca ( 2010 ), directed by Richard Meech.

Ayahuasca Reader: Encounters with the Amazon's Sacred Vine.

* Duran, Manuel and Rogg, Fay R. ( 2006 ) " Fighting Windmills: Encounters with Don Quixote ".

* Bietenholz, Peter G. Encounters with a Radical Erasmus.

Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing Architecture ( Encounters with Ancient Egypt ).

* Encounters with Herzog a film competition.

On the National Geographic Channel television program, " Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr ", Dr. Brady Barr measured the bite force of an adult female hippo at 8100 N ( 1821 lbf ); Barr also attempted to measure the bite pressure of an adult male hippo, but had to abandon the attempt due to the male's aggressiveness.

Herzog dedicated his 2008 film Encounters at the End of the World to Ebert, and Ebert responded with a heartfelt public letter of gratitude.

That same year, Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the Third Kind boasted a finale with impressive special effects by 2001 veteran Douglas Trumbull.

* 1956 The Mysterious North: Encounters with the Canadian Frontier, 1947-1954

Close Encounters with the Religious Right: Journeys into the Twilight Zone of Religion and Politics.

Having worked with Cary Guffey on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Spielberg felt confident in working with a cast composed mostly of child actors.

He also thought about a follow-up to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and began to develop a darker project he had planned with John Sayles called Night Skies in which malevolent aliens terrorize a family.

* " Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State " By Norman Solomon, Foreword by Daniel Ellsberg, September 2007 – Publisher: Polipoint Press

Boulez's years with the Orchestra were notable for expanded repertoire and innovative concert approaches, such as the " Prospective Encounters " which

Two landmark films, Encounters of the Spooky Kind ( 1980 ) and The Dead and the Deadly ( 1983 ) feature Jiang Shi who move in standing jumps towards their victims, as well as Taoist priests with the ability to quell these vampires ( and at times, each other ) through magical spells and charms.

* Mehta, Ved Fly and Fly Bottle: Encounters with British Intellectuals, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962.

Encounters with the Mazarites, Tholians, Suliban, and Klingons cause Archer to become more of a military commander.

In Encounters of the Spooky Kind ( 1980 ) and the Mr. Vampire franchise, jiangshi can be put to sleep by putting a piece of yellow paper with a spell written on it on their foreheads ( Chinese talisman or fu ; ).

Since Close Encounters was filmed anamorphically, the visual effects sequences were shot in 70 mm film to better conform with the 35 mm film used for the rest of the movie.

Much like his two-note Jaws theme, the " five-tone " motif for Close Encounters has since become ingrained in popular culture ( the five tones are used by scientists to communicate with the visiting spaceship as a mathematical language as well as being incorporated into the film's signature theme ).

Although not included on the original soundtrack album, a 7 " single, " Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind ", was included with the album as a free bonus item.

* Traditions and Encounters – A Global Perspective on the Past, by Bentley and Ziegler.

* 1650 – Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters in Threadneedle Street, London.

* September 29 – Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters ( the first historically documented dating service ) in Threadneedle Street, London.

* Encounters The Meeting of Asia and Europe 1500 – 1800: 23 September – 5 December 2004

* Wolff, Robert S. " Da Gama's Blundering: Trade Encounters in Africa and Asia during the European ' Age of Discovery ,' 1450-1520 ," The History Teacher ( Volume 31, Number 3 ; May 1998 ): 297 – 318.

* 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Frank Warner ( Special Achievement Award )

* 1961: Encounters: Two Studies in the Sociology of Interaction – Fun in Games & Role Distance.

* History of Hindu – Christian Encounters, AD 304 to 1996

* Elizabeth Walter – In the Mist and Other Uncanny Encounters

* Werner Heisenberg, Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations, translated by A. J. Pomerans, Harper & Row, New York, 1971, pp. 63 – 64.

" Primitive Encounters: Film and Tourism in the North American West ," Western Historical Quarterly ( 2007 ) 38 # 1 ( Spring, 2007 ), pp. 47 – 67 in JSTOR

* Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams

More conventional exponents of the big house novel include Elizabeth Bowen ( 1899 – 1973 ), whose novels and short stories include Encounters ( 1923 ), The Last September ( 1929 ), and The Death of the Heart ( 1938 ) and Molly Keane ( 1904 – 1996 ) ( writing as M. J. Farrell ), author of Young Entry ( 1928 ), Conversation Piece ( 1932 ), Devoted Ladies ( 1934 ), Full House ( 1935 ), and The Loving Without Tears ( 1951 ) among others.

In 2006 Scheer published Playing President: My Close Encounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan and Clinton – and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush ( Akashic Books ), a collection of his many interviews, profiles, and columns about Presidents Nixon through George W. Bush.

South African director Sharon Farr's documentary, Love, Communism, Revolution & Rivonia – Bram Fischer ’ s Story, won the Encounters Film Festival Audience Award for Best South African Documentary in August 2007.

* Na ' ama Rokem :" German – Hebrew Encounters in the Poetry and Correspondence of Yehuda Amichai and Paul Celan ", Prooftext Volume 30, Number 1, Winter 2010 E-ISSN: 1086-3311 Print ISSN: 0272-9601

* Spain Maps Her " New World ", David Buisseret, " Encounters ", February 1992, No. 8, pp. 14 – 19.

* 2007 – Ben Fountain for Brief Encounters With Che Guevara

In recent times, Tipu's Tiger has formed an essential part of museum exhibitions exploring the historical interface between Eastern and Western civilisation, colonialism, ethnic histories and other subjects, one such being held at the Victoria and Albert Museum itself in Autumn 2004 titled " Encounters: the meeting of Asia and Europe, 1500 – 1800 ".

#" Orbital Encounters " – 5: 14

* Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion on " Orbital Encounters "